Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles had a monster opening night for Fox on Sunday. How monster, you ask? How about the best opening night in the past three years? The best scripted premiere for Fox since Malcom In The Middle  debuted in 2000? Yeah. That's pretty good. Over 18 million people tuned in to watch the newest entry in the Terminator canon.

By stunning contrast, the Golden Globes, such as they were, only drew enough to get 4th place in the same time slot. The awards, which are usually a big draw for the networks, failed to draw any interest without writers and a show to speak of, and sort of limped along, losing viewers along the way.

What have we learned from this? Well, Terminator is a scripted show, and it exceeded the wildest dreams of executives, whereas the Globes were specifically without writers and a complete disaster. Who says that writers aren't necessary to entertainment? 

Variety.com: 'Terminator' crushes competition